Mid 90s, my father and I went to buy a computer. It was late afternoon and the company (some B2B in some huge conference center) was almost closing for the day.

Mid 90s, my father and I went to buy a computer. It was late afternoon and the company (some B2B in some huge conference center) was almost closing for the day. We decided on what must go into the thing (along lines "no, 16Hz is unnecessary, 12Hz will do) and were so truly disappointed to find out it would take two business days. Despite almost closing, they told us to wait and assembled the computer on spot. We returned home where I learned that computer without software is nothing (I was able to play with some DOS commands this evening). I remember a strong 'aha' moment... "ok, that's computer PLUS software."